All About Color #FFEC42

#FFEC42

About #FFEC42

#FFEC42 is a light yellow color with the hex code #FFEC42. In RGB it is red 255, green 236, blue 66; in HSL it is hue 54°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 0%, 7%, 74%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.21:1 on white and 17.33:1 on black.

#FFEC42 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, EC, 42
CMYK0.00%, 7.45%, 74.12%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 236, 66
HSL54°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal377, 354, 102
HSV (HSB)53.97°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 11101100, 1000010
CIE-L*AB92.42, -11.06, 79.01
RGB Percent100.00%, 92.55%, 25.88%
CIE-L*CH92.42, 79.78, 97.97
XYZ72.22, 81.64, 17.11
CIE-L*UV92.42, 19.75, 92.15
xyY0.42, 0.48, 81.64
Hunter-Lab90.36, -15.46, 52.02
RYB34.17%, 100.00%, 25.88%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FFEC42 on a dark background: contrast 17.33:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FFEC42 on a light background: contrast 1.21:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FFEC42, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #FFEC42. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FFEC42 · #FFF59E · #E6CF00 · #4255FF · #9EA8FF

Analogous palette

#FF4255 · #FF8E42 · #FFEC42 · #B4FF42 · #55FF42

Triadic palette

#FFEC42 · #42FFEC · #EC42FF · #FFF59E · #9EFFF5

Tetradic palette

#FFEC42 · #42FF8E · #4255FF · #FF42B4 · #E6CF00

Monochromatic palette

#A89700 · #F5DC00 · #FFEC42 · #FFF48F · #FFFBDB

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